This is just a warning to try and keep anyone from making the mistake I just made. Here's the punchline for those who don't want to read the story - you are eligible for an upgrade four months before your 2-year contract is up. Be sure to double-check your contract end date before you try to switch carriers. I'm sure a lot of people are quite aware of this, but I've been a Verizon customer for 10 years with no intention of changing until these new pricing plans rolled out and getting married changed my personal situation. So I had never paid attention to this nuance.
My old Droid Charge has been driving me insane for the past 6 months or more, and I was ready for a new phone. Verizon and Samsung had basically moved on and didn't really support it anymore - I had to go on-line to purchase a replacement battery because it was not available at the Verizon store - or any store. Meanwhile, I recently got married and my husband is a Sprint customer and recently upgraded his phone, so he was locked in with Sprint for another two years. Verizon's new pricing plan was not friendly towards a single smartphone user that did not have a plan with a lot of talk time or unlimited texts. When I started receiving e-mails that I was eligible for my upgrade, I started shopping around without realizing that my contract was up. I jumped ship last month - literally one month shy of my actual contract end date, and now I'm getting charged $120 for that.
On the bright side, we'll make it back in a couple of months with the savings from combining plans.
My old Droid Charge has been driving me insane for the past 6 months or more, and I was ready for a new phone. Verizon and Samsung had basically moved on and didn't really support it anymore - I had to go on-line to purchase a replacement battery because it was not available at the Verizon store - or any store. Meanwhile, I recently got married and my husband is a Sprint customer and recently upgraded his phone, so he was locked in with Sprint for another two years. Verizon's new pricing plan was not friendly towards a single smartphone user that did not have a plan with a lot of talk time or unlimited texts. When I started receiving e-mails that I was eligible for my upgrade, I started shopping around without realizing that my contract was up. I jumped ship last month - literally one month shy of my actual contract end date, and now I'm getting charged $120 for that.
On the bright side, we'll make it back in a couple of months with the savings from combining plans.
